Oil-can



UNITED 'STATES l ATENr OFFICE..

EDVVAED MCG. TURNER, OF 4KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

OIL-CAN.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,411, dated July 1` 1884.

Application Filed March 15, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whontit may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD MCG. TURNER, a citizen of the United' States, and a resident of Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear,

, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to Which top closed, and Fig. 5 is ahorizontal sectional vienr ofthe spring catch or fastening for sccurl ing the tray in the top of the can.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

My invention has relation to oil-cans so oonstructed that they may be used both for shipping-cans and for dispensing-cans, and my invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the can, as will be hereinafter more fully vdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes .the body ofthe can, Vwhich may be cylindrical,

square, or rectangular, as may be desired, and

` -Which may be made of any desired capacity.

This can has a dished top, B, provided with the flange G, and having, preferably, two ap ertures, a small aperture, E, adapted to be closed by a screw-cap, e, and a larger aperture, D, having a downwardly-projecting flange, d, through which aperture the pump is placed, and the said aperture may be closed when the pump is removed, and the can -is ready for shipment, by means of a large screw-plug, el', fitting in the aperture, the flange d of the aperture being female threaded, which screw-plug is shown in the drawings as4 removed and resting upon the tray or false top.

Covering the top B isa tray or false top, F, having a ange or belt, G, adapted to iit closely upon the caniiiange C, and resting upon Fig. 2 is a i y 'o1' any desired construction.

Fig. 4 is ay side view of the can with the hinged hood or` the bead cr shoulder c of the same. This flange or belt G projects up above the ilat'body ofthe tray, so as to form a raised rim, G. H is the hood or cover, which is hinged upon one side of the tray, and has a lock-hangs, H, adapted to fit closely into the projecting rim or ilange G of the tray.

In the tray F is an aperture, I, and alarger aperture, J, the latter registering with the large aperture D in the iixed top of the can. Aperture J is encircled by a sleeve, K, having an annular bead or groove, 7c, and a vertical slot, l, opening down into the annular groove k. This aperture .I with its sleeve is for the insertion ofthe pump M, which may loe I prefer, however, to use the improved pump inventedby me, which forms the subject-matter of another application. The top of the puinp has a circu lar cap-plate, N, having a downward-project ing collar, O, provided with a projecting pin or stud, L, adapted, when the cap is placed over the sleeve K, to slide through the vertical slot Z in the same and t into or project into the annular bead or groove 7s in the xed sleeve K. There may be one or more studs, L, afiiXed upon and projecting from the collar O, a corresponding number of vertical slots being made in the fixed sleeve K, so that by turning plate N With the pump, either to the right or to the-left, the pin or pins L will interlock with the annular bead or groove la, and thus fasten the pump in its position in the tray in such a manner that it may be turned to both sides Without becoming detached from the fixed sleeve K, from which it can only be released by turning it so that the pin or pins L will register with their respective vertical slots Z. p

Iffit is desired to fill a bottle or other receptacle, which is too large to be placed upon the tray underneath the discharge-spout" l?, this'may be turned or swung to one side, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that the vessel may be filled by holding it outside of the can. After it has been filled the dischargespout is turned back into its former position,

so as to cause the drip to fall down upon the tray, from where it is fed back through the apertures I and D into the body ofthe can.

Upon opposite sides of the tray are secured upon the flange G G springs Q, having inwardly-projecting studs R, and bent at' their free ends to form finger-pieces S. The upwardly-proj eoting ilange C ofthe eanhas holes r, with which the springstuds R will interlock, thus holding the tray iirmly in position upon the top of the can. If it is desired to remove the tray, the lock-studs R are sprung out of their respective holes r, when the tray withthe pump attached may readily be removed from the can. By closing the two apertures D and E with their appropriate screw-caps the can is then in condition to be shipped for a fresh supply of oil, and after it is returned l to thedealer lled the screw-cap covering the large aperture D is removed, and the tray and pump placed in position for dispensing the t contents of the can by operating the plungerrod T.

By constructing the hinged hood H with the lock-flange H', adapted to fit into the raised flange Gr of the tray, I provide for a tight and closely-fitting joint, and as the loclr-ange II is upon the hood, which forms part of the tray,

V- and not upon the top of the can proper, it is much easier to attach it in its proper position than where it is placed around the top of the can-body, as in that case the bulky body of the can must be handled in order to attach the y lock-flange to it.

. Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the can-body having the bead or shoulder c, and raised ange C, having apertures r, of the removable tray, adapted to t over the top of the can, and provided with the rim or ilange GG', having springs Q, provided with inwardlyprojecting studs R, and bent at their free ends to form thel finger-pieces S, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In an oil-can having the dished top B and raised flange C, the removable tray F, having hinged hood H, provided with a lockflange, H, adapted to interlock with the inside of the raised ange on the tray, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth. i A

3. In an oil-can, the combination ofthe can provided with the dished top B, having apertures D and E, shoulder c, and flange C, having apertures r, removable tray F, having hinged hood H, spring-fastening Q R S, and sleeve K, provided with the annular groove cand slot Z, and removable pump provided with a cap-plate, N, having downwardly-projecting collar O, provided with one or more pins or studs, L, adapted to engage the annular bead or groove in the fixed collar, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature 6 5 in presence of two witnesses. A

' EDWARD MCG. TURNER. Witnesses:

AUGUs'r PnTnRsoN, Louis BAGGER. 

